Infrastructure for Academic ActivitiesUniversity hospital Medical Information Network

What does “Infrastructure for Academic Activities” mean?

Foreword

(1) Individual researchers

(2) Research laboratories

(3) Research groups

(4) Academic societies

(5) Universities and research institutes

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What purposes is the infrastructure used for?

(1) Research: Data management of clinical trials, abstract entry for academic meetings, research fund information, etc.(2) Education: Electronic textbooks, VOD image database, online evaluation of medical education and practice, etc.(3) Clinical practice: Drug information, intoxication database, online manuals, etc.(4) Others: Preparation of homepages, communication using mailing lists, email addresses for groups, etc.

Which resources of the infrastructure can be used?

UMIN software

　

UMIN serversUMIN servers

　UMIN IDs

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User’s software　UMIN software

UMIN servers

User’s data

　UMIN IDs

　UMIN servers

User’s data

User’s data

User’s dataUMIN data

UMIN data

Open homepage prepared by UMIN

Open homepage prepared by a user

Retrieval of UMIN databases

Member-only homage prepared by a user

Data collection and retrieval using user’s own software

SINCE 1989

UMIN is now important information infrastructure for academic activities of biomedical sciences in Japan, and it is the largest and most versatile academic medical information network in the world.

Who can use the infrastructure?

Chairperson, University hospital Medical Information Network Council ofthe National University Hospital Association

Sincerely,

User’s data

UMIN IDsUMIN IDs

The purposes set for UMIN at the time of its establishment are now fully realized with the recent establishment of education-related services such as online evaluation systems for medical education and post-graduate clinical training. I sincerely thank everybody who has contributed to UMIN activities, especially the former chairpersons, Drs. Kaihara and Sakurai, along with the successive groups of staff members from the Medical Education Division of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology. I hope everyone will continue to understand and to support the future activities of UMIN. I believe that all UMIN services for medical professionals and students will finally be available to the general public in the form of good medical practice.My hope is that this brochure serves to promote a fuller and better understanding of UMIN and facilitates the use of its services.

UMIN IDs

Tetsuya Igarashi, M.D., Ph. D. (Tsukuba Univ.)

Any academic-related purposes!Any academic-relatedindividuals and organizations!

Data collection and retrieval using UMIN’s software

Any combinations of UMIN servers, software, IDs, and data!

2. History

1. Purposes1. Provide up-to-date information to healthcare professionals2. Support collaborative projects among university hospitals3. Promote communications between healthcare professionals4. Support collaborative clinical and epidemiological research5. Standardize medical data and collect hospital statistics6. Support medical education and clinical training

3. Organization (Feb. 1st, 2008)

Representatives from university hospitals　　

　Eleven representative university hospitals(four-year term)

Representatives from specialists in healthcareDentistsPharmacistsNursesClinical laboratory techniciansEducation and clinical trainingClinical and epidemiological researchInfection control

Other RepresentativesUMIN CenterNational Institute of Informatics Information Technology Center, Univ. of Tokyo

Chairperson: Tetsuya Igarashi (Tsukuba Univ.)Members:

UMIN Center

Drug Information Subcommittee

Hospital Administration Subcommittee

Nursing Information Subcommittee

Network Technology Subcommittee

Laboratory Information Subcommittee

　

1988 UMIN and its Steering Committee established in the Hospital Computer Center, the Univ. of Tokyo Hospital.

1989 UMIN started its N1-protocol-based services.

1994 UMIN started its Internet-based services.

1997 UMIN established its Electronic Library for Biomedical Sciences (ELBIS).

1998 UMIN stopped its N1-protocol-based services.

1999 UMIN started its VPN network (UMIN VPN) for national university hospitals.

2000 UMIN established its Internet Data and Information Center (INDICE) for medical research.

2002 UMIN Center established as an independent department in the Univ. of Tokyo Hospital.

2004 The Steering Committee reorganized into the UMIN Council under the National University Hospital Association.

The first professor of the UMIN Center was installed. 　　　 　　　　

UMIN Council

Clinical Research Information Subcommittee

National University Hospital Association

4. Usages

(1) Monthly WWW page views　 (2) The number of registered users　

5. Application for your UMIN ID

We are sorry that UMIN IDs are currently not issued to non-Japanese citizens who live outside Japan. An exception is those who want to use UMIN Clinical Trial Registry( http://www.umin.ac.jp/ctr/ ).

Caution

1) Faculty, staff, or student of universities related to healthcare

2) Healthcare researchers

3) Healthcare librarians and clinical data managers in non-profit organizations

4) Trainee doctors, supervising doctors, and support staff for clinical training in postgraduate　 　　　　education hospitals

　　Qualification for application　

How to get UMIN ID for registration of a clinical trial （UMIN-CTR）

Please fill out the form and submit to

　

If you have any questions,please contact us

http://www.umin.ac.jp/english/contact.htm

We will issue a UMIN ID and send it via mail or FAX.

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touroku@umin.ac.jp

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6. Lists of major services

Research Education

Clinical practice University hospitals

Multipurpose servicesInformation and database services Homepage hosting services Communication support

Collection of biomedical web sites

MINCS-UH broadcasting programs database

Medical terms glossary

Research institutes and hospitals database

Open homepage hosting service

Member-only homepage hosting service

Archival homepage hosting service

VOD hosting service

Email service

Mailing list service

News service

BBS service

Intoxication database

HIV manual

Drug information database

Drug information text database for pharmacists

Drug information text database for patients

Medical supplies and materials database

Standardized nursing procedures database

Official document database

University hospital guide

University hospital statistics

Master database for patient fee calculations

Standardized disease nomenclature database

Mailing lists

Member-only homepages

AC -Academic society and meeting database

ELBIS -Electronic Library for Biomedical Sciences

FIND -Fund Information Database

INDICE -Internet Data and Information Center

ROCOLS -Recruiting System for Our Colleagues and Students

EPOC - Evaluation system for Post-graduate - Clinical training

Debut - Dental training Evaluation and taBUlation sysTem

Web-QME - Web-based system of Quality 　　　　　　　　　　　　Management for Educational effectiveness

VHP - Visible Human Project image data preparedby NLM, U.S.A.

7. Reference Literature[1] Kiuchi T, Sakurai T, Ohe K, Ohashi Y, Kaihara S. University Medical Information Network - Past, Present and Future. MEDINFO 98. IOS press. 420-24, 1998[2] Kiuchi T, Takahashi T. High Speed Digital Circuits for Medical Communication; the MINCS-UH Project. Methods of Information in Medicine 39:353-5, 2000[3] Kiuchi T, Ohe K, Sakurai T. UMIN - Key information infrastructure for the Japanese Medical Community. MEDINFO 2001 IOS press 1359-63, 2001 [4] Kiuchi T. UMIN INDICE and virtual coordinating centers for clinical research. Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Infrastructure for Electronic Business, Science, Education, and Mobile Technologies on the Internet (Summer), Telecom Italia Learning Services, 2003[5] Kiuchi T, Igarashi T. UMIN - Current status and future perspectives. MEDINFO 2004, IOS press, press, 1068-1072, 2004[6] Aoki N, Kiuchi T. UMIN Online Abstract and Paper Entry System for Biomedical Academic Meetings - An Overview and its Impact on the Distribution of Digitalized Academic Information in Japan. Methods of Information in Medicine 2007 46 6: 671-678.

8. Major servicesSupport for clinical and epidemiological study at the initiative of researchers

1) Low cost Low cost hardware and original package software provided by UMIN2) Wide experience　More than 250,000 patients registered for more than 100 research projects3) Reliability Reliable services supported by IT specialists 4) Safety Security protection mechanisms such as firewalls, encryption, and intrusion detection system, etc.5) Laborsaving All of the system management, including that of hardware, software, users, and security performed

by UMIN. More than 290 thousand UMIN IDs available for patient data entry

UMIN Internet Data and Information Center for medical research http://www.umin.ac.jp/indice/INDICE

Quality education and clinical training based on proper online evaluation

EPOC Evaluation system for Post-graduate Clinical traininghttp://epoc.umin.ac.jp/

1) Web-based evaluations

2) Mutual evaluations

3) Laborsaving

4) Fast

Web-QME

1) Web-based evaluations

2) Secret evaluations

3) Laborsaving

4) Fast

1. Characteristics 2. Procedures

Online evaluation by students

　　Tabulation of results

Lecture and students entry

Web-based system of Quality Management for Educational effectivenesshttp://www.umin.ac.jp/web-qme/

INDIC is an application service provider for Internet-based clinical and epidemiological research. Its merits are :

1. Characteristics 2. EPOC Users

More than one-third of Japanese residents use EPOC

Online collection and delivery of academic information

Member-only homepage hosting servicehttp://www.umin.ac.jp/oasis/

Number of user academic meetings

Japan Academy of Nursing Science

Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery

Japanese Circulation Society

Japanese Society of Gastroenterology

Japanese Neuroscience Society

Japanese Society for Cardiovascular Surgery

Japanese Society of Nephrology

Japanese Neurosurgical Society

Japanese Urological Association

Japanese Society of Allergology

Japan Endocrine Society

Japanese Society of Pathology

Major user academic societies

(2) Application software provided by UMIN

(1) Automated update of member lists for HP and ML

Member lists for member-only homepage

Member lists for mailing lists

Member lists for academic societies etc.

1) Digitalization of papers and abstracts2) Automated generation of bibliographic database3) Laborsaving 4) Fast5) Low cost with flexible, multifunctional software

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Paper-based publication

1) Member list retrieval system2) Bulletin board system3) Mailing list web archive4) UMIN Electronic Library for Biomedical Sciences5) Internet Data and Information Center for medical research

UMIN Electronic Library for Biomedical Scienceshttp://www.umin.ac.jp/elbis/ELBIS

Online publication

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University hospital Medical Information Network

　Infrastructure for Academic Activities

http://www.umin.ac.jp/

SINCE 1989

UMIN homepage　 http://www.umin.ac.jp/　　UMIN English homepage　 http://www.umin.ac.jp/english/　

UMIN Center, The Univ. of Tokyo Hospital7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655FAX: +81-3-5689-0726http://www.umin.ac.jp/english/contact.htm